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Happy Birthday To You!
by Dr. Seuss | [Theodor Seuss Geisel]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1959. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing, First State. With all requisite points as called for by Younger and Hirsch: 295/295 present on the First Issue dust jacket, 'Yertle the Turtle' and 'The Cat in the Hat Comes Back' are printed last on the dual lists on the back dust jacket flap, the white dots are present beneath the text 'gits and Getz,' etc. 4to. Unpaginated, Complete. Bound in the original publisher pictorial paper-covered boards. VERY GOOD in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable mylar cover. The book itself shows shelf rubbing along the edges and corners with slight loss, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text and illustrations are clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and colorful. The dust jacket shows shelf rubbing along the edges and corners with come shallow closed tears and bouts of creasing, head and foot of the spine are somewhat chipped, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining bright, colorful and distinct. As pictured.
Synopsis
"Happy Birthday to You", also known more simply as "Happy Birthday", is a song that is traditionally sung to celebrate the anniversary of a person's birth. According to the 1998 Guinness Book of World Records, "Happy Birthday to You" is the most recognized song in the English language, followed by "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" and "Auld Lang Syne". The song's base lyrics have been translated into at least 18 languages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- North Books: Used & Rare
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CH82
- Title
- Happy Birthday To You!
- Author
- Dr. Seuss | [Theodor Seuss Geisel]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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